Since Kelland Hutchence, the father of rock icon Michael Hutchence, opened his son’s award winning www.michaelhutchence.org Memorial Website, tens of thousands of fans around the globe have logged on to browse through a virtual memorial fashioned with graphics, text, video and sound files. The website forms a lasting tribute to Michael Hutchence’s life and music. A moving aspect of the memorial is the thousands of warm tributes left in the site’s guest book. So overwhelming has…  Read more

Host Please welcome Kelland Hutchence, father of INXS frontman, Michael Hutchence. Kelland Hutchence It’s a great pleasure to be invited to participate in this little talk, and I hope I can give the sort of answers you might be looking for. And it just feels so nice to be part of this program. honey_crash the music of michael and inxs will be forever linked with my youth – do you find other people have the same…  Read more

Here is Kell’s schedule: February 21 CFNY 102.1 FM (Toronto) 5 PM February 22 WKOC 93.7 FM (Virginia) 5:30 AM KCTY 106.9 FM (Omaha) 5 PM February 23 WFNX 101.7 FM (Boston) 6.30 – 6.45 AM WXRV 92.5 FM (Boston) 6.50 – 7.05 AM WNNX 99x FM (Atlanta) 7.15 – 7.30 AM

The video for “A Straight Line” from Michael Hutchence’s album which will be released in the US on 22nd February 2000, was added today to VH-1’s playlist.

V2 Records has set up a listening party to help promote the US release of Michael Hutchence’s solo album. It takes place on Tuesday, Feb. 8th at 8 PM EST on Yahoo!’s music affiliate Broadcast.com. They will stream the album, and immediately following is a Yahoo! Chat with Kelland Hutchence at 9 PM EST.

From Kelland Hutchence and Family To our beloved Michael – happy birthday greetings on this your fortieth. We all miss you so deeply son – it just isn’t the same without you around – but today we are going to celebrate your life and play your music loud and clear. Thank you for those wonderful meaningful songs and the happy memories which we cherish so much. God bless you and keep you in love and peace….  Read more

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Joyous New Year – let us hope that the new millennium will bring forth more meaningful peace and goodwill to all and that the lives of the underprivileged will be much improved. Thank you for honouring Michael by visiting him and we know that he joins us in our seasonal greetings to you. Kelland, Dennis, Mario and Jacqueline

View a short documentary on the making of Michael’s solo album with Michael, Andy Gill and Danny Saber. Courtesy of V2 Records (Note: Documentary has moved to the Work section) 01.12.1999 The wonderful poem Greg Perano wrote and read out at the scattering of the ashes ceremony has been added to the ashes ceremony part of the site. 22.11.1999 In the afternoon Kelland Hutchence and fans gathered at the Memorial Site at Memorial Gardens in North…  Read more

Re: Michael Kelland Hutchence and the Second Anniversary of his death on 22nd November 1999 The family wish to advise that there will be no memorial service at the Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens this year but friends and fans are invited to visit the memorial gardens where a new bronze bust of Michael has been located. For those wanting to send flowers, please send them to Michael Hutchence c/o Memorial Gardens, Delhi Rd., North Ryde NSW….  Read more

The Hutchence family wish to sincerely thank the many thousands who have visited this site in its inaugural week. It is so overwhelming to see the love and support Michael has received from all over the world. The hundreds of messages left in the Guestbook along with the precious stories of people who met Michael on tour have touched us in a profound way. We invite you to return in the future as we continue to…  Read more

It is with great pleasure and excitement we announce the official opening of our website effective from 11.10 pm on 11th October 1999 to coincide with the landmark release of Michael’s Solo Album in Australia. This new site is a unique virtual memorial site initiated by Michael’s father Kelland, designed and implemented by Jacqui and Mario Ferrari in Switzerland and Dennis Patterson in Sydney with contributions from Kelland, family, friends and fans. We are grateful to…  Read more